Caliphate: How the New York Times’ Islamic State scoop unravelled
Laila Al-Arian 15 January 2021 The Caliphate podcast has revealed again that the paper needs to confront unpleasant truths about how it handles stories at the nexus of Islam, the […]
UN calls for enhanced international cooperation to tackle terrorism
Vladimir Voronkov, under-secretary-general of the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism. (AFP/File) Short Url https://arab.news/v6grs Security Council ministerial meeting told that threats have evolved and spread in the 20 years since 9/11 […]
Why the current anti-terror debate is flawed
Foreign affairs Leandra Bias The public discourse on terrorist attacks emanating from France and Austria via Switzerland is extremely dangerous for human rights, writes political scientist Leandra Bias. Leandra Bias […]
Europe’s terror problem is not Islamic
By Ian Greenhalgh International November 12, 2020 Europe has been experiencing a wave of ‘Islamic’ terrorism for many years now, with the recent attacks in Austria and France being just the latest examples. In my own country of Britain, we have witnessed high profile terror events such as the July […]
EU says fight against terror not directed at religion
‘Our fight not directed against religious beliefs but against violent extremism,’ EU interior ministers say in statement Rabia Iclal Turan | 13.11.2020 European Union flags are seen waving outside the […]
At Least 37 Million People Displaced by US War on Terror, Study Finds
Source: Sputnik A new report by the Costs of War Project has found that at least 37 million people have been displaced by the US War on Terror; however, the […]
Saudi Arabia Wants Its Fugitive Spymaster Back
Officials say billions in a Saudi counterterrorism fund under the control of spy chief Saad al Jabri have gone missing; Jabri’s supporters say the money was used to fight terrorists […]
The hullabaloo about tableeghi jama’at (TJ) By Amjed Jaaved
Published 2 weeks ago on April 3, 2020 By Amjed Jaaved In the backdrop of COVID19 surge worldwide, two congregations of the TJ, one (1, 50,000) in Pakistan and another (3,000) in India rippled shock-waves. The both, allegedly, violated official instructions. Hundreds of foreign attendees came to Nizam mosque as […]
Terrorists are ‘generally Muslims’ says Ryanair CEO
Short Url https://arab.news/wnx4m AFP February 22, 2020 O’Leary: “If you are traveling with a family of kids, on you go; the chances you are going to blow them all up […]
Germany shooting: ‘Far-right extremist’ carried out shisha bars attacks
A suspected far-right extremist has killed at least nine people in attacks on two shisha bars in a city in western Germany, officials say. Chancellor Angela Merkel said there were […]
German far right arrests reveal ‘shocking’ mosque attack plot
Source: Yahoo News Berlin (AFP) – Members of a German extreme right group arrested last week were believed to have been plotting “shocking” large-scale attacks on mosques similar to the […]
Bomb kills Pakistani policeman assigned to anti-polio team
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A roadside bombing targeted a police vehicle in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing a policeman and wounding three others, officials said. The police were assigned to […]
How anti-Muslim war makes US democracy impossible
Source: MONDOWEISS By Edward Curtis, who is professor of religious studies at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. He is author of Muslim American Politics and the Future of U.S. Democracy (NYU Press, 2019). […]
‘This is Oshkosh’s mosque’: The story behind the place that served as a sanctuary for Wisconsin students during a school attack
Madeline Heim Appleton Post-Crescent Published 7:20 AM EST Dec 23, 2019 OSHKOSH – In 2010, leaders of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Oshkosh made the city a promise: If […]
I Read the Quran to Learn About Terrorist Beliefs but Ended Up Becoming Muslim
By Jennifer R Williams a foreign editor at Vox.com. Before joining Vox, she was a senior researcher at the Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution. If you […]
Sanctions only serve a lose-lose game
KILIÇ BUĞRA KANAT @KilicKanat Published 27.07.2019 Last week, one of the most significant developments in regards to Turkish-American relations was the meeting of U.S. President Donald Trump with dozens […]
The new risks of criminality, terrorism and extremism
Jul 22,2019 -JORDAN TIMES – Amer Al Sabaileh Developments in recent years across the region, especially the crises in Iraq and Syria, have facilitated a wide network of criminality. The […]
The neuroscience of terrorism: How we convinced a group of radicals to let us scan their brains
Source: Physics.Org by Nafees Hamid And Clara Pretu The young man sitting in the waiting room of our neuroimaging facility wearing skinny jeans and trainers looked like a typical Spanish […]
Defeating calls for terrorism, extremism online
May 16,2019 -JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL His Majesty King Abdullah attended a timely meeting on Wednesday on the Christchurch Call to Action to Eliminate Terrorism and Violent Extremist Content Online, hosted […]
Terror has no religion, acceptance and tolerance must prevail
BASHDAR PUSHO ISMAEEL Published 02.05.2019 A wave of deadly bombings on churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter left 290 dead and over 500 wounded. The attack, as […]
